Chapter 26: Zhang Xiao's Memories
"Quick, you're the bad guy. A handsome-looking kid dressed a bit like a chivalrous man said to a chubby kid in a cloth shirt.
"Xiaoxiao, every time we play the bad guy, you play the hero, what's so funny. The chubby child said dissatisfied.
"No way, you look at my appearance, look at my dress, do you look like a bad person? No matter how you look at it, I look like a big hero who saves the common people. The child dressed as a chivalrous man said, then pointed to the sky and put on a very heroic posture, this child was Zhang Xiao when he was a child.
At this time, a child who was the same age as Zhang Xiao and wearing a slightly smaller shirt walked over and said in the words of adults: "A group of little children, still playing such a childish game, can I still stay with you?"
"Hey, Ping, where are you going, take me, take me. Zhang Xiao saw this child named Ping'an coming over, and immediately looked very excited. Ping An is a little older than Zhang Xiao, and he is Zhang Xiao's partner who has been playing together since birth, and the relationship between the two is like a brother.
Zhang Xiao's family runs a medicine hall, and his father and mother are doctors, and they discipline Zhang Xiao very strictly, and he is not allowed to play outside the village, for fear that there will be danger. The Ping'an family is an ordinary farmer, the father and mother are farmers and women weave, Ping'an often goes out to help with farm work, and his relatives are officials in the county, so their family is also a head and face in the village.
Ping'an saw Zhang Xiao running over, and immediately said with an unreasonable look: "Don't follow me, I'm going to catch fish now, and, how many times have I told you, my name is Zhu Pinhang, the word Yuye, don't call me Ping'an, call me Yuye." When he spoke of Yuye, he looked proud, and this was the word that his relatives who were officials intended to take after he became an adult, but told him in advance.
Zhang Xiao didn't care so much, when he heard that Ping An was going to catch fish, he immediately said: "I'm going, I'm going, I'm going!" and then he didn't care about other friends and followed Ping'an.
Zhang Xiao's village can be said to have a very good geographical location, one side by water, one side by the mountains, the mountains close to the village are all terraces, the other half are trees, both farming and hunting, so there are more people in this village.
followed Ping'an to the river, Zhang Xiao didn't come to catch fish, his father strictly forbade him to play in the river, so he secretly followed Ping'an down the river to play.
Walking in the river, I feel a little different today, I can usually see a lot of fish swimming in the river, but now there is no trace of fish in the water, and I can't even see some small fish and shrimp.
From time to time, there was a rumbling sound in the sky, could it be raining? Both of them looked at the sky, although there were many clouds in the sky, but it was not dense, it did not look like it was going to rain, how could there be thunder?
At this time, a dragon flashed in the clouds, a white dragon, Zhang Xiao couldn't believe it, wiped his eyes vigorously, looked at Ping'an, Ping'an also looked at Zhang Xiao, this is not an illusion, the dragon's figure has been flashing in the clouds.
Judging from the dragon's movements, it seemed to be fighting with something, Zhang Xiao stared hard, and finally vaguely saw that there was a person who was entangled with the dragon, compared to the person was simply too small, the battle did not last long, only to see a lightning bolt, the dragon and the man both fell into the river.
"Xiaoxiao! I went to the river to play again, do you know how many children have drowned in the river? It's going to rain, come back with me." A woman ran over angrily, grabbed Zhang Xiao's little hand, and dragged him back, this woman was Zhang Xiao's mother.
And Zhang Xiao was still looking at the place where the dragon and the man fell into the river at this time, it was amazing, that person was simply handsome, not only could he fly in the sky, but also fought with the dragon, could he be an immortal? That picture has always been reflected in Zhang Xiao's mind.
Zhang Xiao was dragged back to a very small medicine hall by the woman, he knew that it must have been the secret told by those friends, otherwise how could his mother know so quickly. "Tell you to learn more medical skills with your father, if you don't learn, you will know that you are playing outside every day, this is the first time you have gone to the river to play, and it will be too late when something happens." The woman said sternly to Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao said to his mother, and said unimpressedly: "What can happen, Ping An runs in the river every day, and I don't see how he is." ”
When the woman heard Zhang Xiao say this, she suddenly became angry, and just as she was about to speak, a man wearing a doctor's costume and a beard walked out of the medicine hall and said: "Forget it, let Xiao Xiao play, boys like to run around, and it is also appropriate to grow up by the river and be familiar with water, as long as you don't go to a place in deep water." "This person is Zhang Xiao's father.
When she heard him say this, she said no more and went into the house to help.
As soon as Zhang Xiao saw that his mother was gone, he immediately ran away, and now when he goes to the river, maybe he can still see the immortal and the dragon.
As soon as he ran out of the village, Zhang Xiao saw a stranger walking towards the village, wearing a very beautiful long robe, although his head was full of white hair, but his face was not wrinkled at all, just like a young man, holding a slender sword in his hand and a broad-bladed sword on his back. While walking, the man was still clutching his chest, as if he was injured.
Seeing this person coming, Zhang Xiao immediately hid in the grass next to him and watched the person walk into the village. Then, Zhang Xiao saw that Ping An was also following the man and sneaked over.
Zhang Xiao beckoned to Ping An, and when Ping An saw Zhang Xiao, he quietly walked next to Zhang Xiao. When Zhang Xiao saw that he was coming over safely, he immediately asked him: "Who is that person? Is that the person who was in the sky just now?"
"Yes, he seems to be injured, and now he must be going to your house. Ping An continued to stare at the man.
Zhang Xiao heard Ping'an say this, yes, if that person was injured, he must have gone to his own house. So, Zhang Xiao immediately ran out of the grass and ran towards the medicine hall.
Zhang Xiao hurriedly ran back to the medicine hall, the man hadn't arrived yet, he shouldn't know the way, so he hid behind the medicine cabinet, thinking that he would definitely come.
Soon, that person really came to the medicine hall, and when he saw a stranger coming in, Zhang Xiao's father hurriedly greeted him and said to him: "I am the owner of this medicine hall and the doctor of this village, my surname is Zhang, I don't know if Mr. came to see a doctor or to buy medicine?"
After the man saw Doctor Zhang, he clasped his hands into fists and said, "Haiwu Zhenren in Xiamao Mountain, passing by here, I hope to buy some medicinal materials in your medicine hall." ”
Hearing the other party say that he was a cultivator, Dr. Zhang looked at it carefully, judging from his dress and temperament, it should be right, so he asked him: "Real person, please tell me, I don't know what medicinal materials are needed, my medicine hall is too small, if the medicinal materials are too precious, maybe there may not be the medicinal materials you need." ”
"What I need is centipedes, any breed of them. The real person said.
After hearing what the real person said, Dr. Zhang returned to the back of the counter, took down a box on the top of the medicine cabinet, and after opening it, the real person saw that there were three gold-headed and two red-headed centipedes inside.